The UCOG Board of
Directors

John
Burquist

Frances
Burquist

Paul
Kieffer

Scott
Thomas

John Burquist, age 92, is
originally from Duluth, Minnesota and
graduated from the University of Cincinnati
in 1949 with a degree in architecture.
Prior to his retirement in 1982, he held
the position of chief architect for the
City of Mobile. John has served on United
Christian Outreach Germany's Board of
Directors since its incorporation in
October 2001. He has been a member in the
church of God since 1968 and an elder since
May 1983. He and his wife Frances visited
the German-language area of Europe several
times during the 1970s and 1980s. Currently
John is a member of the Living Church of
God and attends services in Pensacola,
Florida.

Frances Burquist called Mobile,
Alabama her home town, where her family has
lived for several generations. As a child,
Frances attended the Baptist church, but
became a member of the church of God in
1968 at the same time as her husband John
after learning about the true Gospel of the
Kingdom of God. She served as a deaconness
in the Mobile area for several years. She
developed a personal interest in the German
language following a visit to Germany to
observe the biblical Feast of Tabernacles
in 1974. Frances was one of the original
members of UCOG's Board of Directors when
it was incorporated in October 2001. She
was a member of the Living Church of God at
the time of her untimely death on December
4, 2001.

Paul Kieffer, age 61, has been a
member of the church of God since 1970 and
an elder for 36 years. Paul is the only
student to graduate from Ambassador College
with a major in German. He has extensive
personal experience in the German-language
area, having served there at one time as
Regional Director for the Worldwide Church
of God. Paul is the only elder who served
in the German-language area prior to 1975
who has remained faithful to the doctrines
of the church of God taught by Herbert W.
Armstrong. He is now a member of the United
Church of God and contributes to the "Gute
Nachrichten" magazine published by the United
Church of God-Germany.

Scott Thomas, age 45, was raised
in the church of God. After completing high
school in Mobile, Alabama, he attended
Ambassador College in Big Sandy, Texas.
Scott then returned to Mobile and continued
his education at the University of South
Alabama, earning a bachelor's degree in
marketing. Scott's interest in the
German-language area is partially a result
of his visits to Europe, including a visit
in the fall of 1989 when the Berlin wall
was opened. Self-employed as an interior
decorator, Scott attends church services
in Mobile with his wife Crystal at the United
Church of God.